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Category Archives: New Evangelization
Minnesota: Extraordinary Form with preaching in Spanish
Brick by brick in Minnesota! From a priest in my email: This Friday, July 3, I will be offering Mass at 7pm at St. Mark’s -350 Atwood St, Shakopee -in the «Extraordinary Form» – also known as the Old Latin … Read More
Brick by Brick in Knoxville: 1st TLM of new priest!
And I don’t mean goldbrick, either. From a long-time reader here comes this great story and great photos: Having viewed images from time to time of first EF Masses in fancier places (like Madison), WDTPRS readers might see interest in … Read More
Ed Peters on SCOTUS Obergefell v. Hodges
Canonist Ed Peters has comments on SCOTUS decision today. Read the whole thing over there, but… here: Two thoughts re the Supreme Court decision on ‘same-sex marriage’ [..] Of course, the Court has not yet reached the end of its … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, New Evangelization, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Pò sì jiù
Tagged Ed Peters, Obergefell v. Hodges, SCOTUS
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59 Comments
Wherein Fr. Blake hits a century
No, he’s not 100 years old. My friend Fr. Ray Blake, PP of St. Mary Magdalen in Brighton, has a great post on his blog. HERE A friend of mine reports this conversation: “Father, my boyfriend is depressed; I want … Read More
Posted in HONORED GUESTS, Mail from priests, New Evangelization, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged Fr. Blake, males, masculinity, men, mercy
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7 Comments
Catholics have a “critical duty” to participate in politics “vociferously”. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
The other day I had a little rant in which I urged you to be involved in local politics because, “all politics is local”. If you do nothing all the time, you won’t make any difference all the time. I received a … Read More
The Decline and Death of Christianity. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
Our Lord promised that, in the end, the gates of Hell would not prevail. He did not promise that they would not prevail where you live. They may indeed prevail in these USA, or in Europe. One way in which they … Read More
Posted in Global Killer Asteroid Questions, Hard-Identity Catholicism, New Evangelization, Si vis pacem para bellum!, Sin That Cries To Heaven, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, The Olympian Middle, The Religion of Peace, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged Damian Thompson, demographics
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23 Comments
Of a “gay Mass” sermon, the Poles, and a useful marriage resource for priests
A the UK’s best Catholic weekly, the Catholic Herald, there is a piece you readers of the Fishwrap might want to peruse. The writer points to a sermon recently given by His Eminence Vincent Card. Nichols of Westminster at … Read More
Card. Sarah in a new, wide-ranging interview
There is an extract from a wide-ranging interview at L’homme nouveau in French with His Eminence Robert Card. Sarah, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments. He is rapidly rising on my list of favorite … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, Seminarians and Seminaries, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The future and our choices
Tagged Card. Sarah, Extraordinary Form, priestly formation, priestly identity, seminarians, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
20 Comments
20 Comments
Reasons why more men don’t go to Mass
I have to share this video from You Tube I was sent by email as reason #756 for Summorum Pontificum. This is: Easter Vigil Liturgy of St Patrick Catholic Church, Seattle, [NB] 2010. The seven readings from the old testament are … Read More
Archbp. Sample on a “house divided”. Tune in, trads and liberals alike!
I direct the attention of the whole readership to a video of a sermon of my old friend His Excellency Most Reverend Alexander Sample, Archbishop of Portland. He is celebrating a Pontifical Mass at the Throne. He preaches about the … Read More
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